>>96510172
Glad my intuition was okay.

>>96510300
I think it's fun. My players are all roleplaying game first-timers, I'm worried I'll scare them off.

>>96510470
>bears
Yeah, I better change that token. Those are meant to be wolves.
And they are rather easily avoided.

It's also possible to avoid the creatures in the south-western room being drawn in to the pool-room fight.
I think adjusting this encounter to be the optimal difficulty on the fly won't be too hard.

>>96510563
The encounter before this is entirely in the mind's eye.
This session should have a little of everything to try:
>roleplaying dialogue
>methodical exploration
>grid combat
>theature of the mind